Changing defuault NTSC setting to PAL

Hi, Whenever I create a new project in iMovie it assumes I am making a NTSC format movie, it does recognise my PAL camcorder and change the format when importing, but sometimes I want to make a movie from .mpeg clips and I just can't seem to create one in the PAL format it always reverts to NTSC, the only options I get when creating a new movie are: DV or DV widescreen + HDV Mpeg 4 & isight, but it doesn't allow me to set pal or ntsc format.
Is there any way to do this as you could with prvious versions.
emac 1.25 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

glad I could help... you're welcome...
Apple is letting the side down with it's intuitive software on that front!
... hmm, I'm pretty sure, they spend hours in a sweaty conference room, discussing "but widescreen isn't NTSC, HiDef isn't NTSC - so it HAS to be called by its fps!" - "but NO ordinairy user knows the framerate of its homevideo!" - "yeah, but the new formats are not standard, so it's not NTSC!" - "yeah, but a US video is called NTSC, that is standard" - "but what about Japan?" - "..."
finally, the "enigneers" won.. technical correct, but for you and me.. cryptical.
thanks for The Big Green One

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glad I could help... you're welcome...
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i saw you on the other forum.., you got fobbed off to this one.., actually you can 'convert' to PAL in both DVD Pro and Compressor..,
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if this was too confusing, sorry, .., there must be some tuts somewhere.., try 'larry jordons' web site, or maybe 'peachpit.com'..??
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Encore won't let me edit the quality settings to change from NTSC to PAL. These settings are greyed out. I take it they are dictated by the assets.
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